Dear Diary,I'm so tired! So tired! We started the week with my birthday. I've aged up and I'm not happy about it. I keep getting really strange impulses to yell at everyone and buy expensive things! Ugghhh!!!

Apparently, I wasn't too tired for certain activities! Guess what?! I've done this too many times not to get the message

Our second birthday of the week was Apple's. We wanted to make a big deal about her Sweet 16 as she is such a good girl. I actually scraped together enough ingredients to make a cake for her. I gave her one my favorite necklace that my mother had given to me. She was so excited. She grew up well despite not being able to go to school. She now has the Virtuoso Trait (Game Picked). What a beauty!

Aiden also had a birthday - he is going to be an angler just like his father.

So tired! and Yes! Navarre aged up as well - I seriously can't keep track of the days! They just fly by. I can't believe I'm having another one!

Dear Diary,Well what do you know!? I went into labor today and ended the day twice blessed. Yes, Twins - girls! Marcus was a real big help! I guess after the boys, he wasn't concerned. Boy was he surprised when I introduced him to Brielle & Peaches. Apple has been such a big help and she got to pick one of the names, can you guess which one?

I think I'm done having anymore children - ???~Cherry

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Subject: Week 7: The Rest of the Week Thu May 08, 2014 8:31 pm

Dear Diary,Well, Marcus may have slept through the birth but he paid for it when he woke up and had to repair the plumbing which was going crazy! He also has been having to take care of the garden too. I've got my hands full with twins! He is such a good Father though, I'm a very lucky woman.

He made the children a treehouse too! He used some of the left over wood he brought from the old house's shed. The boys love it, I think Aiden even slept in it last night!

Apple has been helping me with the children so much. She even taught Navarre to walk. I'm afraid I haven't had much time for his education! She is such a great big sister... Even though she has been a bit moody lately.. hormones! Don't I know it!

I want so much for her, but I just don't see what kind of future she will have. She will make someone a wonderful wife and a great mother! Got to keep praying!

~Cherry

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Also for a simmer who never actually plays - all these kids are killing me!!! Thank goodness teens can help out and free will on for non selected sims! Oh and don't forget its okay to be smelly! Baths are overrated - right? These sims are pretty good about the babies too, they are always picking them up and putting them down without my interference. Nice I really don't want any more right now though- Cherry has enough now to fulfill her LTW - AS LONG AS no one developes undesirable traits! And it's a possibility since they don't go to school I don't get to pick the traits!!!

Also for a simmer who never actually plays - all these kids are killing me!!! Thank goodness teens can help out and free will on for non selected Sims! Oh and don't forget its okay to be smelly! Baths are overrated - right? These Sims are pretty good about the babies too, they are always picking them up and putting them down without my interference.

Oh my ... I have been there! Not so bad if they actually take care of the little ones. It is when the kid is dead tired and NOT hungry and right after one puts them to bed another takes them out to feed them. That is when I wish for the Toddlers to have a Nap Time blanket to sleep on the floor.

I have enjoyed your story and was bummed when there wasn't anymore pages to read! Lovely family and pictures, I do hope there is more to come?!

Yeah - a new reader!!! Thanks Shycookies

I'm hoping to get a couple of updates for Wednesday and Thursday. Then!!! I'm so excited!!! I'm off on a cruise for the next week with my family. It's the first time we have ever done a vacation on this scale . So I won't have any updates next week but will get to it when I get home. I'm really going to try to finish Generation Zero and be ready for the next stage when I return.

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Subject: Yeah - a new reader!!! Tue May 13, 2014 11:05 am

You're very welcome. Oh a cruise sounds like loads of fun!! Have a safe trip and look forward to more of your story upon your return.

You will have a wonderful time, Pieta. Hope the weather is good for your vacation.

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Subject: Week 8: Cherry Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:26 pm

Dear Diary,Well the twins have been growing leaps and bounds! So far they are healthy happy little angles. I don't know what I'd do without Apple's help! They grew up so fast - blink and you miss it! Time sure flies...

Marcus and I have been trying to spend a little time together every day. It helps with the mood swings; though I think I though the worst of what my mother called "midlife crisis". Thank goodness!

Marcus has been teaching the older children to fish. That is a must have skill in this day and age. It's nice to see them together having a bit of fun in between all the work. They are pretty close as they are all they have for friends.

~Cherry

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Subject: Week 8: Apple Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:54 pm

Dear Diary,

Aiden and I have been talking. We each have a doll that we've had since we were babies. I named mine James and Aiden named his Riley.

Now my doll (James) has been my special friend since I can remember. I talked and sang to this doll since I can remember. Obviously, I don't now, as I'm too old. But nevertheless, James is a special childhood memory for me. I've always felt that there was something special about this doll, but I've never talked about it. I didn't want anyone to think I was crazy!!

Well, maybe I'm not crazy! Aiden confessed to me that he thinks that Riley is real and he plays with him all the time! I don't know what to think! Maybe we are all stir crazy around here and have been cooped up in this house for too long!

I'm so confused! I'm wondering if I should tell Mom and Dad about it....

Dear Diary,It's been a long run and Marcus and I have been very fortunate with being blessed with such wonderful children. It would be very easy to be at each other's throats being cooped up in the house and yard for so long. Even though the children have known nothing else, I know that it's been hard on everyone. We have come together as a strong family unit and I feel confident that we can withstand anything that comes our way! It was wonderful to see the children playing together - even Marcus joined in the water balloon fight - great fun was had by all. They didn't even notice the rain! After it stopped raining, we were able to have dinner outside together.

Apple and Marcus spent some time teaching the twins how to talk! This gave me some time to finish the portrait I've been painting. I've been trying to paint a portrait of each of my family members. I know I'm not that good, but I love to do it.

Dear Diary,Well, we have had some visitors! I really wonder what goes through their minds. Apple watched the first one until it left. She finds it so hard to just sit by and let them - well live. She wants action and I don't know how long we can hold her back. She works out every day!

The last one, was really different and Marcus and I have never seen one like "her". Her eyes glowed and she had pointed teeth! I'm not ashamed to say I was terrified! I was very thankful that Apple slept though "her" visit!

Our fences have held - Thank God & Marcus! He has made our home well protected. How long can we continue to be so lucky!?